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Cancelling your Appointment If you are unable to attend an appointment with one of the doctors or nurses, please telephone our cancellation line 593580 or use the link at the bottom of this page to cancel your appointment.

Out of HoursPlease telephone the surgery and you will be re-directed to the out of hours services. The out of hours centre is located within Shotley Bridge hospital.

Urgent Appointments If you have a problem that will not wait for a routine appointment, please tell the receptionist

Fair Processing Data & Hospital Contact details

Fair processing

Within the NHS, your local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is responsible for planning, designing, buying and paying for certain NHS services. These services include planned and emergency hospital care, mental health, rehabilitation, and community services.

About fair processing

The Data Protection Act requires organisations, including those in the NHS, to process personal data fairly and lawfully.

The methods by which these processes are governed and explained to patients are known as ‘fair processing’.

How personal confidential data are used

The main use of data is for the provision of direct care and care services. In these cases, data are collected from patients and shared between doctors and other regulated professionals to enable the provision of care. Relevant data are stored and processed in computer systems within care providers, such as general practices and provider trusts, (e.g., hospitals and community services), and with any organisations that have been contracted to process data on their behalf.

Fair processing requires that such sharing is made clear to the patient in the process of the provision of care and is understood by the patient.

Please click on the link below to see our 'Fair process notice'

You have a choice. If you are happy for your information to be used in this way you do not have to do anything. If you have any concerns or wish to prevent this from happening, please speak to practice staff or download the opt out form below, complete it and return it to the practice

We need to make sure that you know this is happening and the choices you have.